Christopher Kincaid's Blog, page 52
March 2, 2018
February 25, 2018
Oreimo – Abuse as Comedy
Abuse is apparently okay between siblings, at least according to Oreimo. This anime follows the usual teen antics and awkward relationships anime tends to focus upon, but a sister-brother complex and rampant verbal and physical abuse mars what is a basic story. First, I’ll start with the good. Oreimo, which is short for Ore no […]
February 23, 2018
February 20, 2018
JP’s Outage
On Tuesday, JP was down as many of you may have noticed. Malware had infected a few files, turning JP into a phishing website–at least partially. I didn’t lose any data, luckily. JP is clean now. My web-hosting company told me we are in a wave of malware in recent weeks. They’ve seen many websites […]
February 18, 2018
The Role of Satire: Crayon Shin Chan as an Example
As Shin drops his drawers and does another “ass dance” to delight his kindergarten classmates and horrify his teachers, I’m struck by the show’s sophistication. How can an “ass dance” be sophisticated? It’s not, but the satire of Crayon Shin Chan is. Satire cuts at ideas we often fail to see, and it is, perhaps, […]
February 16, 2018
February 11, 2018
Good Stories. Not-so-Good People Behind Them: Morality and the Viewer’s Dilemma
A few months ago police charged the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, Nobuhiro Watsuki, with possessing child pornography. This past week, various anime news outlets pegged the director of Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Kazuyoshi Yaginuma, as an antisemite and Holocaust denier. His antisemitic views appear on his Twitter account. This creates a dilemma for viewers: […]
February 9, 2018
February 4, 2018
What Does Moe Mean?
Moe has a complex history and meaning. Most people believe it’s a certain type of anime character. Namely, cute, innocent girls with big eyes that do cute things. While moe does deal with this, it’s true definition goes beyond kawaii. Now, some may wonder why it matters to define anime slang (moe isn’t really slang) […]
January 28, 2018
Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Anime Blogging
January 2018 marks my 7th year of blogging. JP began as your average anime review blog and morphed into the history and analysis blog you read now. It’s also a platform for my writing hobby. At first, I had delusions of making money off of JP, and I guess, in a way, I have through […]
